Hugo Weischet

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Hugo Weischet (born September 24, 1897 in Elberfeld , † April 24, 1976 in Neuwied ) was a German landscape and portrait painter .

Life

Initially a pupil of Max Bernuth at the School of Applied Arts in Elberfeld , Weischet attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1919 to 1921 after participating in the First World War , in which he was wounded several times, to study with Professor Carl Ederer . From 1921 to 1923 he continued his studies in Munich with Carl von Marr and Franz von Stuck .

From 1924 to 1925 he studied at the Art Academy in Budapest . Hugo Weischet then stayed in Hungary for several years . His most important private commission was the portrait of the Hungarian politician Count Albert von Apponyi . Further study stays in Sweden (1932) as well as in Florence and Rome (1934) followed. In 1934 Weischet received the Great Prussian State Scholarship. In 1935 he married his wife Wilma, a native of Hungary, who died in 1954.

He turned down the offer of the Nazi Minister of Education, Bernhard Rust , to come to Berlin and instead continued to live in Solingen , where he only took part in local exhibitions.

After participating in the Second World War and imprisonment as well as a renewed stay in Sweden in 1954, he finally settled in Fahr (Neuwied) in 1955 , where he was known as the “master of colors”, especially for paintings of local industry and landscape and later for portraits. I.a. he portrayed his fellow artists Martha von Laffert and Karl Bruchhäuser . During this time there were numerous exhibitions, for example in the Neuwied district museum, in the German Blade Museum , Solingen (December 12, 1962 to February 3, 1963), in Münster and in Düsseldorf.

Weischet died on April 24, 1976 in Neuwied after a long illness. His grave of honor, covered with a basalt plate, lies in the cemetery of the Feldkirche in the Neuwied-Feldkirchen district .

The city of Neuwied posthumously organized an extensive exhibition in the city's Mennonite Church from September 6 to October 5, 1997 with works from the city's possession and numerous private loans.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quiet, but unforgotten , article in the Bürger-Journal April 1997, published by the city of Neuwied
  2. ^ Exhibition directory of the art exhibition in the German Blade Museum in Solingen from December 12, 1962 to February 3, 1963
  3. ↑ Heimatjahrbuch des Landkreis Neuwied 1968, Ed .: Landkreis Neuwied, p. 27
  4. ↑ Hugo Weischet's pictures in Neuwied , article in the Rhein-Zeitung of September 8, 1997
  5. ^ Website of the city of Neuwied - Berninger Collection . Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Rhineland-Palatinate Bibliography, personal database ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 28, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rlb.de
personal data
SURNAME Don't know, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1976
Place of death Neuwied